Garment.



A. G. TUBBS & L. W. SWEET.

GARMENT,

APPLICATION FILED MAY 16. 1917.

1 ,%?A69. Patent-ed Nov. 20, 1917.

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GARMENT.

APPLICATION men MAY 16. 1917/ LQYA69 Patented Nov. 20, 1917.

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l ALBERT e. TUBES AND LisLE'w. SWEET, or Gl-IEN'I, NEW YORK.

GARMENT.

suits and improved garment of the jacket'and trouser type in. which an upper piece of'wearing apparel,

such asa jacket or a bib' can be interchangeably attached to and worn with the trousers.

In order to accomplish the desired result, use is made of trousers provided at the upper front portion with spaced lacing openings, an upper piece of wearing apparel such as a jacket or a bib provided at its lower portion with lacing openings, and a lacing interlaced with thesaid sets of lacing openings to detachably fasten the said trousers and the said upper piece of wearing apparel together.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a front perspective view of the garment as applied;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross section of the garment on the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged front elevation of the garment with a portion of the jacket broken out to show the lacing connection between the trousers and the jacket;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional plan view of the garment on the line 44 ofFig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the lower portion of the jacket in opened-up position;

Fig. 6 isafront perspective view of the upper portion of the trousers partly opened up; and

Fig. 7 is an inner face view of the bib. The trousers 10 are provided at the upper front portion with an opening 11 having fastening devices 12 such as buttons. and buttonholcs for closing the opening 11 The sides of the upper portion of the trousers are provided with openings 13 adapted to be closed by fastening devices 14 such as but tons and buttonholes, it being understood that the openings 13 provide the rear upper portion of the trousers 10 with a sanitary drop flap Specification of Letters Patent.

as plainly indicated in Figs. 2

and 6. The drop flap 15 is provided with an upward extension 16 from which extend diverging shoulder straps l7provided at their ends with attaching members 18 such as loops. The divided upper front portions of the trousers 10 are provided with waistbands 20, 21 having spaced lacing openings 22 23 preferably in the form of vertical slits, as plainly indicated in Fig. 6.

A jacket 25, such as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, may be detachably connected with the trousers 10, or a bib 26 (see Fig. 7 may be connected with the trousers instead of the jacket. The jacket 25 is open along. the median front line, as indicated at 30, and the parts fastened together by suitable fastening devices 31 such as buttons and buttonholes. The lower front portions 32 and 33 of the jacket 25 are provided on the inner faces with flaps 34, 35 fastened in place along their upper edges by stitches 36, 37 The flaps 34 and'35 are provided with spaced lacing openings38, 39 adapted to register with the lacing openings 22 and 23-on the waistbands 20, 21 of the trousers. Bands or lacings 40, 41 are secured to the lower portions 32 and 33 adjacent the outer ends of the flaps 34, 35, as plainly indicated in Fig. 5, and the said lacings 40 and 41 are adapted to be interlaced with the registering lacing openings 38, 22 and 39, 23 to fasten the jacket and trousers together. The free ends of the lacings 40 and 41 are provided with hooks 42, 43 adapted to engage loops 44, 45 (see Fig. 4) attached to the flaps 34 and 35 at the outer sides thereof. It is understood that the hooks42 and 43 are engaged with the loops 44 and 45 after the lacings 40 and 41 have been interlaced with the registering lacing openings 38, 22 and 39, 23. By the arrangement described the lacings 40 and 41 are not liable to become accidentally disconnected and hence the jacket and trousers are securely fastened together at their front portions. By arranging the flaps 34, 35 on the inner faces of the jacket portions 32 and 33 the lacings are not visible and a snug fit is had around the waist of the wearer, as will be readily understood by reference to Fig. 1. r

The front of the acket 25 is provided on opposite sides of the front opening 30 near the shoulder portions with attaching members 50 and 51 in the form of buttons and adapted to be engaged by the attaching members 18 on the ends of the shoulder straps .7, as previously mentioned, {the attaching Patented new. so, lair.

Application filed May 16, 1917. Serial No. 168,912. r I

nected with the upper members 50 and 51 are concealed by. sidewise extending reinforcing bands 52, 53 attached to the jacket at the outside thereof and extending from the median front line the jacket by the lacings and 41 inter laced with the lacing openings 38, 22 and 39, 2 3, and the rear of the trousers is supportedfrom the shoulders of the wearer by the usual shoulder straps 17 connected with the front of .the jacket by the attaching mn bers 18, 50, 51. By unhooking the hooks 42,. .48 from the Loops 44c, 45 and disconnecting .the attaching members 18 from the attaching members the jacket can be readily disconnected from the trousers on pulling the lacings l0, 11 ,out of the lacing openings and swinging the. shoulder straps 1, backward. v 7

Instead of the jacket, the bib 26 may be used in conjunction with the trousers 10 and for this purpose the bib 26 is provided on the inner-face .of. its lower portion with a flap .60 having spaced'lacing openings 61- adapted to register with the lacing openings 22 and 23 on the trousers. A lacing 62 is attached at one end to one side of the lower, ,brtion of the bib 26 and the free end of the lacing 62 is provided with a hook .63 adapted to be hooked onto a loop Bl attached ,to the inner face ,of thefiap after the lacing 62 has been interlaced with the registering lacing openings 61, 22, 23. By the arrangement described the lower portion of the bib 26 can be detachablyjconfront portion of the trousers '10. The upper portion of the bib 26 is provided witl spaced attaching members {65, .66 such as buttons adapted to be engaged by the attaching members 18 on th'e forward ,ends of the shoulder straps 17V to hold the bibgfi in position on the front of the wearer and to hold the shoulder straps in proper position over the shoulders of the wearer. Although we have shown and described a jacket 25 ,or a bib 26 to be connected with the trousers as described it is evident that ,We do not limit ourselves to any particular form of such as a jacket or a bib.

The trousers are provided with the usual pockets 7.0. I 7

Having thus described our invention, we

cla m as new and desire to secure Letters Patent: j j w 1. A garment, comprising trousers adaptline ,an upper piece of wearing apparel ed to-be opened and closed at the upper portion of the front median, line, the said upper portion being provided with spaced lacing openings extending from the front Inedianline to the sides, a jacket adapted to be opened and closed at the front median and provided at the lower front portion with spaced lacing openings, lacings interlaced with thes'aid sets .oflacing openings to detacha'bly fastenthe frontupper portion of thetrousers to the front lower portion of the jacket, each of the said lacings having one end attached to the jacket and having the other end provided with a hook, and a loop attached to the jacket near each side for engagement by the hook of the corresponding lacing.

2. garment, comprising trousers adapted to be opened andclosed at the upper portion of the front median line, the said upper portion being providedjwith spaced lacing openings extending from the front median line to the sides, a jacket adapted to be opened and closed at the front median line ai chprovided at the lower front por gagement by the hook of the corresponding lacing. i

A garment, comprising trousers adapted to be opened and closed at the upper portion of the front median line, thes'aid upper portion being provided with spaced lacing openings extending from the front median line to the sides, the trousers having a sanitaryback flap provided with shoulder straps, a jacket adapted to be opened and closed at the front medianline and provided at the lower portion with concealed flaps extending from the; front median line to the sides, theflaps having spaced lacing openings in register with the said trouser lacingopenings, the upper front portion of the jackethaving attaching members at its front upper portion adapted to be engaged by the. free .ends of the said shoulder straps, and la cings interlacedwith the said registering lacing openings, one end of each lacing being se.cured to the jacket and the other end being provided with a hook and a loo on each of the said flaps adapted to be engaged by the hookof the corresponding lacing.

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I and a loop at tached to the jacket near each side for en-. 

